Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338) and index
Part one: History -- Introductory remarks -- Origin and presence -- Emancipation movements -- Part two: Curious -- Lotus lovers -- Wonderousness of the lotus -- Secret chronicle of the lotus interest -- Reckless and cruel treatment of the drunken lotus -- The tiny foot in truth and fiction -- Part three: Custom -- Painful history of the lotus hooks -- Ladies of the bound-foot era -- Appendix one: Form of the golden lilies -- Appendix two: The physiological effect produced by footbinding